TIME Magazineのインスタグラム(time) - 2月15日 02時00分

How did the Valentine's Day heart get its shape? ❤️

"It didn't mean love before the 13th and 14th centuries," says Eric Jager, a professor at UCLA.

But as the idea of romantic love began to take shape during that medieval period, so did the symbolism.

"[People at the time] thought of our hearts as books of memory, a place where God's commands are written, and [believed] feelings for the beloved were somehow written on your heart," says Jager.

In the early 15th century, the tapestry "Le don du Coeur" ("The Gift of the Heart") depicted a man holding a small red heart. That image became one of the most popular representations of "courtly love," and was channeled into literature and poetry.

Read more about the heart's history at the link in our bio.

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